Chaeles kock



(No Model.)

0. & H. KOGK.

PIPE CASE.

No. 310,287. Patented Jain. 6,1885.

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INVENTOR 5 M 71/ 0% WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES KOOK, OF NE\V YORK, AND HENRY KOOK, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

PIPE-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,287, dated January6, 1885.

Application filed March 28, 1584. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CHARLES K001i, of thecity of New York, county, and State of New York, and HENRY :KOOK, ofBrooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a newand Improved PipeGase, of which the following specification is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates toa pipe-case in which the head that incloses thepipe-bowl may be folded together to occupy less room when the pipe isremoved.

The invention consists, principally, in the combination of two sectionshinged together, and composed each of a shell and a frame that forms anopen head, with a covering which is flexible within said open head.

The invention also consists in the details of construction hereinaftermore fully pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of ourimproved pipe-case. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the frames.Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 00 ac, Fig. 1, with thehead folded; and Fig. 4, a section on. the line 3/ y, Fig. 1, with thehead folded.

The pipe-case consists of two sections, A, hinged together, as usual.Each section A is com posed, essentially, of two pieces-a skeletonframe, a, and a shell, b-both made of wood or other rigid material. Theskeleton frame a is a narrow strip having the outline of the section A.Upon the stem portion of this skeleton frame a is glued or otherwisefastened the shell b, while the head portion is left open, as clearlyshown in Fig. 2. To the frame thus formed is attached an inner lining,a, of flannel or similar material, and an outer covering, (1, of thinleather or other ornamental sub stance. Thematerials c d are tightlystretched over the stem, but have a bulge within the skeleton head. I

e is the customary catch for locking the case.

By the construction herein described the stem portion of the pipe-frameis rigid and gives the necessary body and strength to the case. The headportion that incloses the bowl is,on the other hand, only composed of arigid skeleton, while its body is made from flexible material. As thebowl of a pipe is necessarily its widest portion, the case-head must bemade wider than the stem. Therefore, when the pipe is removed from thecase, the latter is unnecessarily bulky if its head is rigid. By ourconstruction the body of, the case-head will collapse, as in Figs. 3 and4, when the pipe is removed, and will then be greatly re duced in width.On replacing the pipe the head of the case will at once resume itsproper shape.

Ye claim as our invention- 1. The combination of sections A A, hinged-together,and consisting of shells b and frames a, that form an openhead, with covering (1, which is flexible within said open head, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of sections A A, hinged together, and consisting ofshells b and frames at, that form an open head, with covering 12 andlining c, which are flexible and bulged within said open head,substantially as specified.

CHARLES KOOK. HENRY KOOK.

Witnesses:

F. v. BRIESEN, R0131. H. ROY.

